Moon Phases October 2014 in Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine

Daily moon phases, illumination, moonrise and moonset for Khmelnytskyi, in local time (Europe/Kyiv). Next full moon: Hunter's Moon on Wednesday, October 8.

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Khmelnytskyi · Wednesday, October 1, 2014

First Quarter

Illumination: 45.2%
Moon age: 7.1 days
Distance: 375,845 km
Moonrise: 14:19
Moonset: 23:38
Highest: 18:58

First Quarter at 22:32. Next: First Quarter on Wed, Oct 1 at 22:32. Hunter's Moon in 7 days.

At first quarter the Moon has completed a quarter of its orbit, and exactly half of the visible disc is lit: the right half in the northern hemisphere, the left in the southern.

Click any day in the calendar or pick a date above to see its details here.

1 Wed

First Quarter 22:32

Rise: 14:19
Set: 23:38

2 Thu

Waxing Gibbous 56%

Rise: 15:08
Set: —

3 Fri

Waxing Gibbous 68%

Rise: 15:50
Set: 00:45

4 Sat

Waxing Gibbous 78%

Rise: 16:28
Set: 01:57

5 Sun

Waxing Gibbous 87%

Rise: 17:02
Set: 03:13

6 Mon

Waxing Gibbous 94%

Rise: 17:34
Set: 04:31

7 Tue

Waxing Gibbous 98%

Rise: 18:05
Set: 05:49

8 Wed

Hunter's Moon 13:50

Rise: 18:36
Set: 07:07

9 Thu

Waning Gibbous 99%

Rise: 19:10
Set: 08:23

10 Fri

Waning Gibbous 95%

Rise: 19:46
Set: 09:37

11 Sat

Waning Gibbous 89%

Rise: 20:27
Set: 10:46

12 Sun

Waning Gibbous 82%

Rise: 21:12
Set: 11:49

13 Mon

Waning Gibbous 73%

Rise: 22:02
Set: 12:45

14 Tue

Waning Gibbous 64%

Rise: 22:55
Set: 13:33

15 Wed

Last Quarter 22:12

Rise: 23:52
Set: 14:15

16 Thu

Waning Crescent 45%

Rise: —
Set: 14:51

17 Fri

Waning Crescent 35%

Rise: 00:50
Set: 15:22

18 Sat

Waning Crescent 27%

Rise: 01:50
Set: 15:50

19 Sun

Waning Crescent 19%

Rise: 02:51
Set: 16:15

20 Mon

Waning Crescent 12%

Rise: 03:52
Set: 16:40

21 Tue

Waning Crescent 6%

Rise: 04:54
Set: 17:04

22 Wed

Waning Crescent 2%

Rise: 05:58
Set: 17:30

23 Thu

Waning Crescent 0%

Rise: 07:02
Set: 17:57

24 Fri

New Moon 00:56

Rise: 08:08
Set: 18:28

25 Sat

Waxing Crescent 2%

Rise: 09:13
Set: 19:04

26 Sun

Waxing Crescent 7%

Rise: 09:18
Set: 18:46

27 Mon

Waxing Crescent 13%

Rise: 10:19
Set: 19:35

28 Tue

Waxing Crescent 22%

Rise: 11:16
Set: 20:32

29 Wed

Waxing Crescent 31%

Rise: 12:06
Set: 21:36

30 Thu

Waxing Crescent 42%

Rise: 12:50
Set: 22:46

31 Fri

First Quarter 04:48

Rise: 13:28
Set: 23:58

Times are local to Khmelnytskyi (Europe/Kyiv). A dash means the moon does not rise or set on that date.

Moon phases in October 2014

Phase	Local date and time	UTC
First Quarter	Wed, Oct 1 at 22:32	Oct 1, 19:32
Full Moon · Hunter's Moon	Wed, Oct 8 at 13:50	Oct 8, 10:50
Last Quarter	Wed, Oct 15 at 22:12	Oct 15, 19:12
New Moon	Fri, Oct 24 at 00:56	Oct 23, 21:56
First Quarter	Fri, Oct 31 at 04:48	Oct 31, 02:48

About the First Quarter

At first quarter the Moon has completed a quarter of its orbit, and exactly half of the visible disc is lit: the right half in the northern hemisphere, the left in the southern. It rises around midday, is highest at sunset and sets around midnight, which makes it the most convenient phase for evening observing.

Along the terminator, the line between light and dark, the low Sun casts long shadows that make craters and mountains stand out sharply in binoculars.

Lore and folklore

Half moons stood for balance and decision in many traditions: half light, half dark. Farmers' almanacs treated the first quarter as a strong growing time, good for planting crops that bear seed inside the fruit, such as beans, peppers and tomatoes.

Weather lore held that a sharp, clear half moon foretold fine weather, while a blurred one meant rain.

Trivia

The name is about the orbit, not the appearance: a quarter of the way around, half of the face lit.
The straight-looking terminator is a great circle seen edge-on.
At first quarter the Moon is about 90 degrees east of the Sun, which is why it is high overhead as the Sun goes down.
The Apollo landing sites are easiest to study near the terminator, when shadows reveal the terrain.

Select any day in the calendar to read about its phase.

This month's full moon: the Hunter's Moon

The first full moon after the Harvest Moon, when fields were cleared and game was easy to spot and fatten for winter.

Also called the Blood Moon or Sanguine Moon in some traditions, from the hunt rather than from eclipses. It shares the Harvest Moon habit of rising soon after sunset for several nights.

Lore

With the fields cleared after harvest, game was easy to spot by the light of October's moon, and the season of laying in meat for winter began. The Blood Moon and Sanguine Moon names come from that hunt, not from eclipses. In Britain the same moon was sometimes the Dying Grass Moon.

Trivia

The Hunter's Moon is always the full moon after the Harvest Moon, so it moves to November when the Harvest Moon is in October.
It shares the Harvest Moon's early-rising trick for several evenings.
In some years the Hunter's Moon is a supermoon, appearing especially large as it rises.

All Hunter's Moon dates ›

Gardening by the Moon in October 2014

Oct 1 · Leafy crops: Sow leafy crops and above-ground annuals whose seeds form outside the fruit: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, celery, herbs. Transplant seedlings. Mow to encourage growth.
Oct 2 to Oct 7 · Fruiting crops: Sow above-ground crops whose seeds form inside the fruit: beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons. Graft, repot and sow lawns.
Oct 8 to Oct 15 · Root crops: Plant root crops and anything that overwinters: carrots, beets, potatoes, onions, garlic, bulbs, perennials, trees and shrubs. Prune to slow growth.
Oct 16 to Oct 23 · Rest and tend: Rest days for the soil: weed, cultivate, turn compost, harvest crops for storage, prune to discourage regrowth, prepare beds. Avoid sowing.
Oct 24 to Oct 30 · Leafy crops: Sow leafy crops and above-ground annuals whose seeds form outside the fruit: lettuce, spinach, cabbage, broccoli, celery, herbs. Transplant seedlings. Mow to encourage growth.
Oct 31 · Fruiting crops: Sow above-ground crops whose seeds form inside the fruit: beans, peas, tomatoes, peppers, squash, cucumbers, melons. Graft, repot and sow lawns.

Full planting calendar for October › · How gardening by the moon works

How to read this moon calendar

Each day shows the Moon as it looks from Khmelnytskyi at midday local time, with the illuminated percentage, moonrise and moonset. Days with a principal phase show the exact local time the phase occurs. Because the Moon moves about 50 minutes later each day, roughly once a month there is a date with no moonrise or no moonset at all.

October 2014 calendar

Moon phases in October 2014

About the First Quarter

Lore and folklore

Trivia

This month's full moon: the Hunter's Moon

Lore

Trivia

Gardening by the Moon in October 2014

How to read this moon calendar

The eight phases of the Moon